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Antonio chafing, a Duke in his own right, or so he thinks, but aware that he is reliant on Alonso for his dukedom, and therefore nitpicking, pointscoring, sarcastic.

ANTONIO  I’ll be thy second. Exeunt [Sebastian and Antonio]. GONZALO  All three of them are desperate: their great guilt,. ... Sebastian, of course, lashes out, with hubris: I’ll fight these devils. And Antonio, the same (but just a little bit

even better, finer and better-looking, than this hypothetical and in fact non-existent brave son of Antonio, the pretended Duke.

Here enters ARIEL before; then ALONSO with a frantic gesture, attended by GONZALO; SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO in like manner, attended by ADRIAN and FRANCISCO. ... If the stage is covered with rushes—opinions vary—then it’s hard to think what

Proteus:! ; Antonio: No, son, you’re going to Milan TOMORROW, go and pack (1.3.72-77) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare.

Everything, animate and inanimate, is directed towards telling Antonio, Sebastian, and Alonso that it’s time for a reckoning, time for their comeuppance; fate has finally caught up with them. ... Bemocked-at stabs is a nice touch, suggesting scorn

DUKE Know ye Don Antonio, your countryman? VALENTINE Ay, my good lord, I know the gentleman. ... The Duke’s holding off saying who this might be; his questions might be genuine requests for information, but he might, like his daughter, be playing games:

To seal our happiness with their consents! O heavenly Julia!–. ANTONIO  How now? ... Antonio: do you want to go to Milan? Proteus: TOTALLY not my call!

Alonso, you have no idea…) But he makes up his mind on the spot: thy dukedom I resign, that is, he revokes his granting of that title to Antonio, and returns ... Prospero magnanimous (still), Sebastian cornered, Antonio silent… (5.1.125-134)

All drowned. (The brave son of the Duke of Milan – that is Antonio – is a loose end; he doesn’t appear in 1.1 and is never mentioned again.